The competition was played for the third time at Taiheiyo Club - Narita Course in Chiba Prefecture. The event was played in a bit chilly autumn weather with some rain during the first hour of play, and the course, and especially the greens, were tricky, so the scores were higher than normal. E.g. only three players managed to break 100.
The individual winner (best net) was Hiroaki Sugawara (FCCJ) with a net 73 (gross 98). Second was Tsuyoshi Hirao (SCCJ), net 76 (gross 101), who also won the SCCJ Autumn Golf Cup. Hisako Noto (FCCJ was third, with same net and gross as Hirao-san, but higher age wins.. Best gross was Eiji Takagi (SCCJ) with 88, followed by Veli Solehmainen (FCCJ) with a 93 and Hiroaki Sugawara (FCJJ) with 98.
For full results, see below.
The winners of the longest drive were Miki Nakano (SCCJ), who also ot the SCCJ longest drive trophy and Veli Solehmainen (FCCJ) on No. 13.
The near pin winners were Per Vransø, SCCJ on no. 12 and Yutaka Chiba (guest on FCCJ on no. 16.. Interestingly enough, no near pins were achieved on no. 2 and No. 5 as none of the 30 participants managed to hit the greens on those holes.

We would like to thank the title sponsor Stora Enso Japan as well as all the players (and their companies) who brought nice prizes to the competition. Our thanks go also to the Taiheiyo Club - Narita Course and all the other staff for helping us making this a great event at reasonable costs.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Pos.

Player

Company

Team

HCP

Gross

Net

1.

Hiroaki Sugawara

Finn Corporation

FCCJ

25

98

73

2.

Tsuyoshi Hirao

Sweden House Co., Ltd.

SCCJ

25

101

76

3.

Hisako Noto

Advertise Inc.

FCCJ

25

101

76

4.

Eiji Takagi

Individual member

SCCJ

9

88

79

5.

Veli Solehmainen

Vaisala K.K.

FCCJ

14

93

79

6.

Iwao Takagi

Silver Stone Co., Ltd.

SCCJ

25

105

80

7.

Miki Nakano

Silver Stone Co., Ltd.

SCCJ

29

110

81

8.

Takeshi Yokoyama

Finnair Cargo

FCCJ

22

104

82

9.

Michael Standar

ESAB K.K.

SCCJ

29

111

82

10.

Masahiro Kuroda

MPS

FCCJ

23

106

83

11.

Tuomo Kuuppo

Stora Enso Japan K.K.

FCCJ

22

106

85

12.

Carl-Gustav Eklund

Höganäs Japan K.K.

SCCJ

15

100

85

13.

Clas G. Bystedt

FCCJ

FCCJ

22

108

86

14.

Lars Vargö

Ambassador of Sweden

SCCJ

25

112

87

15.

Stefan Gustafsson

IFS Japan Inc.

SCCJ

28

115

87

16.

Kimio Hashida

Nokia Japan Co., Ltd

FCCJ

18

107

89

17.

Per Vransø

SAS

SCCJ

30

121

91

18.

Toyoaki Uchida

UPM-Kymmene KK

FCCJ

15

107

92

19.

Marko Saarelainen

Honka Japan, Inc.

FCCJ

26

118

92

20.

Atsushi Yamazaki

Stora Enso Japan K.K.

FCCJ

22

115

93

21.

Shinji Hashimoto

UPM-Kymmene KK

FCCJ

28

124

96

22.

Hiroaki Sakurai

Vaisala K.K.

FCCJ

23

120

97

23.

Tsutomu Fujii

Vaisala K.K..

FCCJ

21

120

99

Note: if players have same net, the one with lower handicap wins, if still same, the older player wins.

Images from the event

The players gather for photo-shooting before start of play.

Eiji Takagi making the first tee-shot of the day.

Veli Solehmainen's first tee-shot.

Nice and good looking course.

Umbrellas needed in the morning.

Clas Bystedt, Eiji Takagi and Stefan Gustafsson.

Nicely executed shot by Eiji Takagi.

Veli Solehmainen's tee-shot at No. 13

Stefan Gustafsson's tee shot at the par-3 16th.

Eiji Takagi's tee-shot on No. 18

Stefan Gustafsson using the yellow tees on No. 18.

Veli Solehmainen's second shot at No. 18, club house in the background.

Calcutating scores after the first 9 holes.

Clas Bystedt tees off on no. 1.

Veli Solehmainen's tee-shot at No. 3

'Better not hit right, Stefan!'

The challenging with a lot of water and elevation changes.

Eiji Takagi at the par-3 no. 5.

Clas Bystedt at the par-3 no. 5.

On the 6th hole.

The course is very closed to the expressway and Narita Airport.

The 7th fairway and 5th tee at right.

Eiji Takagi's second shot on no. 7 followed by Veli Solehmainen and Stefan Gustafsson.

Veli Solehmainen's tee-shot at No. 8

Clas Bystedt keeps swinging.

The 9th green and club house from the 8th fairway.

Veli Solehmainen's winning long drive at no. 9.

Clas Bystedt hits a bit too close to the trees and wathces anziously...